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Quality February 2021 cover

2021 February

Check out the February 2021 edition of Quality, featuring Leadership 2021, air gaging beyond the basics, force measurement, control chart analysis, and much more!

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The Surface Plate

A Journey of the History and Recommended Care
John Vandenbemden
February 10, 2021
One Comment

My work in inspection, and as a quality management system auditor, provides numerous opportunities to acquire knowledge. It also provides areas of risk for ensuring valid and reliable results. 


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Machine Vision Inspection

Easy as 1D, 2D, 3D
Glen Ahearn Steve Zhu
February 10, 2021
7 Comments

Several critical components need to come together to form a machine vision system. This includes the sensor (typically within a camera) that captures a picture for inspection, the processing hardware (a PC or vision appliance) and software algorithms to render and communicate the results. In addition, lighting, staging, and lenses are required to set up a machine vision system.


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Leading Amid Turmoil: Quality Leadership 2021

Excellence in quality is never a small feat. This year, it was even bigger.
Genevieve Diesing
February 10, 2021
13 Comments

Even in a normal year, achieving high levels of quality is no small feat; it's a daily challenge that requires buy-in from everyone. This year, as COVID-19 wreaked havoc on supply chains, worker safety and consumer demand, maintaining high levels of quality became a nearly superhuman feat.


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Air Gaging Beyond The Basics

Form measurement.
Chris Koehn
February 8, 2021
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In this article, I wanted to go beyond the simple go/no go measurements that most air gaging is used for. Air gaging is a highly effective and efficient way for measuring these simple diameter requirements. It is also extremely repeatable on tight tolerances, but for this article, I wanted to focus on using air gaging to measure form requirements such as roundness, flatness, perpendicularity/squareness, taper, straightness, matching, and others. 


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Control Chart Analysis

An example.
Paul Keller
February 8, 2021
12 Comments

An SPC (Statistical Process Control) Software customer recently inquired if I could discern any issues in a process, as their customer had identified problems with three recent shipments. They provided data for the customer’s current year shipments for a variety of KPI (key process indicators) in an Excel file. 


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Force Measurement

A global necessity, more than ever.
Allan Benson
February 8, 2021
One Comment

Force measurement is the measure of a push (compression) or pull (tension) against an object. It sounds elementary enough, but it’s a crucial part of quality control testing with more and more applications in today’s globalized supply chain. The needs for force measurement are all around us.


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Peel Applications

Lengthwise force testing for adhesives and interlocking materials.
Jacob Morales
February 8, 2021
10 Comments

Peel testing in force measurement can be rather open-ended in terms of how the standard operating procedures (SOP) can be written.


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Face of Quality

Avoid Disappointment

Plan encouragement and acknowledgement of your people.
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Jim L. Smith
February 10, 2021
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In a recent quality management class, group discussion centered on frustration in the workplace resulting from lack of appropriate employee recognition. Several people recounted how disappointing it was to go “above and beyond” only to find there was little appreciation for what was accomplished.


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From the Editor, Darryl Seland

Leaders and Followers

Darryl
Darryl Seland
February 10, 2021
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What do you call a leader with no followers? A guy taking a walk. It is a line from The West Wing that I often think about. Within the context of the scene and the character, it is a response to a potential loss of leadership. 


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Other Dimensions

When Everyone Disagrees: A Look at Method Points to Resolution

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Hill Cox
February 10, 2021
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This situation pops up quite regularly when a relatively simple feature such as the diameter of a hole in a machined part doesn’t appear to be right when the part is at the assembly stage of manufacture. Like similar disputes, the finger pointing begins and compromises are made but the problem doesn’t go away. 


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NDT

The Advantages of Phased Array Technology

When evaluating welded tubes.
Michael Moist
February 15, 2021
11 Comments

Ultrasonic technology has been used for testing ERW welded pipe at various points in the manufacturing process for many years. 


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NDT

Computed Tomography for NDT

Gregory James Weaver
February 15, 2021
26 Comments

The imaging/inspection method has greatly evolved since its inception and it is now used in many industries for diverse types of product. 


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NDT

Selecting and Using a Force Measurement Device

Everything you need to know.
Ken vining
Ken Vining
February 15, 2021
6 Comments

Force measurement devices like load cells, torque transducers and data acquisition devices are used across industries to design and test hardware. 


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